Numbers 15:33:3Num.15.33.W3TAB
הַמֹּצְאִ֥ים
hamotseem
“those who found”
- Transliteration
- ha-mots-EEM
- Extended
- hah-mots-ʔEEM
- IPA
- /hamots.ˈʔiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- those who found
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-mots-EEM
- phraseyour reading level
ha-mots-EEM o-TO
- clause
va-yak-REE-vu o-TO ha-mots-EEM o-TO me-ko-SHESH e-TSEEM
- sentence
va-yak-REE-vu o-TO ha-mots-EEM o-TO me-ko-SHESH e-TSEEM el-MO-sheh ve-el-a-ha-RON ve-el-KOL-ha-ey-DAH
Exegesis
The direct object marker oto {אֹת֔וֹ | ʾôtô} ‘him’ frames the participial clause hamotzeim {הַמֹּצְאִ֥ים | hammôṣēʾîm} ‘the finders’ and its participle mekoshes etzim {מְקֹשֵׁ֣שׁ עֵצִ֑ים | məqōšēš ʿēṣîm} ‘gathering sticks’, functioning as a descriptive circumstantial clause.
Root and etymology
Rootmem-tsade-aleph
“find, discover”
In context — Numbers 15:33
And those who found him gathering wood brought him near to Moses and to Aaron, and to all the congregation .
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:33:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 15:33, so the Hebrew word הַמֹּצְאִ֥ים (hamotseem) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Num.15.33.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.33.W3.S1) and character.